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Change agents are persons who are trained to give
guidance and assistance to the community, in need of
desired planned social change. They are different forms
of agents who work with (in) the community, helping the
community and introducing new useful ideas and
innovation for diffusion.


7.5. The Role of Change Agents and


Professional Behavior


Change agents do not to impose their wish and
decisions on the client system. The basic role is to help
the client system help themselves. Change agents
should play their roles as catalysts, assistants,
coordinators, leaders, guides, etc Suppes and Wells, op
cit; Let us see some roles of the change agents.


The role of enabler: change agents work with clients.
They enable the people; supply the means and direction
for the client to do something. They temporarily stay
among the people to show them the means of doing
things
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